The Progress., 1887-12-24
.iRELAND,S WRONGS.

III man. ingalls,, Hawley and Others Res.
olutiOns Adopted.
| WASHINGTON, Dec Is. reg Sir Thomas Henry
GraJ aJtan Esmonde and Hon. Arthur o, Con-
MOI, leaders of the Irish home rude cause
IN the English Parliamen arrived in this
city yesterday afternoon. In the evening
| they Were rendered reception by the Irish
societies at the Masonic Temple.
Senator Ingalls, was to have presided but
IN his absence Senator Sherman was elected
chairman amid great cheering. Upon tax
Ing the chair Senator Sherman made q
len thy speech, q synopsis Of his remarks
being as follows: @
lie said he was not an Irishman but he was
/ an American, and as an American he took
pleasure in say .ng that he believed he spoke
/ the general voice Of the people Of the United
+ States whom he said to the distinguished
guests that the sympathy = Of Amer
lca went forth fully and heartily in the
strong desire that they might have home rule
I IN Ireland to the full extent demanded by Par
nell ami Gladstone. Why should not Ireland
have home ruler Anne icana felt that they
We're born to govern themselves, ana
they had home rule not only in the
Nation but in every part OF their
great organization OF States Our Nation armed
with limited powers, was but the creature OF
the people. Everywhere in cur country there
was, or ought TO b., free and equal rights and
equal privileges among all the c,tizens of the
Un ted States. IApplause.l "a
1. he wanted TO see Ireland possess the Same
rights as those enjoyed by the people OF the
United States lapp ausel, and he believed that
IN tnls sentiment the general voice
OF the people went with hlm. It was
not because they were Irshmen, but be-
cause they were freemen ana deser ed
the privileges OF freemen that they indorsed
this sentiment No country could be free
yYgp ro,, ~ dT4r~o -
the community; and home rule meant
a government OF the people, by the
people and for the people, IApplause,l
Why was it the British Government de-
MED to the gem OF the British empire
what was conferred on all It's coloniess Irish
men had led in advance of all the great battles
which England had fought for two centuries,
IRISH poets had not oniy made the love songs
1or the men and women II the world but had
written the national anthems of that great en-
pre- Ireland had furnished the Demosthenes
and C1ceros OF modern times Ireland had pro-
duced great men in every brauch OF life
All the American people desired for this people
OF lndred race was the r ght to govern them
selves-not to break down the British empire
Dut to pass laws affecting their local interests
without the interference of the British Parlia-
ment.
At the conclusion of Senator Sherman,s
remarks he resigned the craftsmanship to
Senator ingalls,, who had entered the hall
while he was speaking Senator Ingalls,,
upon taking the chair, in brief said:
The meeting had been gathered for the pur-
pose OF saying that the cause of Ireland was the
cause OF America [great applause]; that
IN deeper and wiser sense it was
not only the cause of Ireland, but of
humanity itself. Were he a stil more OBJ
scure politician than he was, he should
not hesitate to say that il we were called
upon. to choose between expressing our
sympathies for Great Britain or for Ireland in
this contest no American citizen would long
hesitate as to what his preference would be- He
did not understand, he said, that the Irish rep
resentatiyes of home rule desired to interfere
with the unity o. the British empire, but
Great Britain should not forget that there
was nothing SO dangerous and so improbable
as injustice Great Britain should not forget
that 7,OOo,OOO people determined to be free
could never be enslaved. Great Britain should
not forget thai 100000 cjtzens in the original
thirteen coloaies revolted and achieved their
independence under far less provocation than
the 1000, 600 Irish people have endured for cent.
uries. [Applause.]
he q not desire to intrude upon the comfy
OF nations, but he could not forget that brutal
and degraded British soldiery, within the mem
ioty OF men who might now be within the hear
Ing OF his voice, had sacked and burned this
capital. He could not forget that in every great
Crisis IN American history we have had to con-
tend with the i'll will and malevolence OF the
governing classes Of Great Britain.
II. IN conclusion, referring to the rebellion, he
said: Il shall never cease to remember that
during that awful period there was not bat.
tle-feld for American liberty which was not IL
Illustrated by Irish valor and conseerated by
Irish Blood
He then introduced MI. Arthur O. Connor.
who was received with oheera Mr.. O'Con-
nor spoke eloquenGly OF the wrongs en-
dured BY Ireland during the 700 years
of English rule, and proceeded to draw
q vivid picture Of the oppression and
hardship to which the Irish people were
compelled to bow, and detailed the de
mands which the Home Rule party made
upon the British Government If allowed
to manage her own affairs, Ireland would in
few years present to the world pie are
OF people united, peaceable, industrious,
contented and happy.
Senator Hawley, the next speaker. said he
Joined very gladly in the welcome to these
distinguished represen tatives of the great
Liberal party Of the British empire His
heart was with them. There was no zeal
American looking at the great
breadth, strength and final purpose Of that
party who could withhold his
hearty admiration and love He predicted
local self government in Ireland, and
that it would be followed by local self-goy-
ernment in Scotland, Wales, and perhaps
subdivisions It England, until we had a
United States OF Great Britain
Sir Esmonde spoke of the announcement
which this meeting would lend to the Irish
cause.
Representative Springer, of illinois, said
he thoughts we had 100 years ago served
sufficient notice upon Great Britain as to
our own sentiments on home rule, but some
OF her statesmen had not apparently read
that part Of Great Britain's history
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
extending hearty greeting to Messra
Esmonde and O'Oonnor, solemnly protest.
ing In the name Of humanity against the
Tory polcy toward Ireland as being sub
versive Of liberty. of right, Of justice, Of the
freedom Of speech and the freedom Of
the press; declaring that the people of Ire
land may well arraign their oppressors be-
fore the civilized world; expressing adj
miration for and confidence in Par
nell and the Irish Parliamentary parry;
thanking Mr.. Gladstone in behalf
Of the American people for his
sourse toward Ireland; pledging hnan-
oial aid to the Irish people; sympa-
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